Latest / The Scene Projects / A Very Josie Christmas : Part One
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- 0:00Yeah.
- 0:01It's a lot of fun.
- 0:02It's great.
- 0:02Can I hit you for an interview?
- 0:04Get me for an interview?
- 0:05Yeah.
- 0:05We'll we'll we'll swap them.
- 0:07We can
- 0:07do that.
- 0:08We can do that.
- 0:08Do one for you, and then we'll slide over here a couple feet to do one together.
- 0:12That's awesome.
- 0:13Bubba starts.
- 0:14Bubba What
- 0:17an experience out here today.
- 0:18It is.
- 0:19It's great.
- 0:19It's been awesome.
- 0:22Tell me a little bit about yourself.
- 0:24What do you do?
- 0:24The scene projects is why we're here.
- 0:27It's an independent podcast about independent music.
- 0:29So we love being here.
- 0:31We couldn't know of a better fit than the Josie's to have an opportunity.
- 0:34We're members of the Midwest Country Music Organization.
- 0:36We have about 20 of those members that are nominated for Josie's tonight.
- 0:40Our good friend Jasmine Cain is also one of the performers and nominated for seven Josie's
- 0:45tonight.
- 0:45So we had to come support our local folks and all of our friends, and we got an opportunity
- 0:49to it here on the Red Carpool.
- 0:50What a great opportunity.
- 0:51Amazing opportunity, man.
- 0:52And like you said, like, it's it's it's a great place because it's all in.
- 0:56And if you're and you're, you know, you're a broadcaster broadcaster like us, and then
- 1:00you're all about the independent user, I mean, it's the best place.
- 1:02It's the largest Yeah.
- 1:03All either hit in The US.
- 1:05I I couldn't agree more.
- 1:06Couldn't agree more.
- 1:07Well, thanks for taking a few minutes for me, man.
- 1:09I appreciate it.
- 1:09We'll be checking out your show, and I can't to wait have you on ours as well.
- 1:13Yeah.
- 1:13I'll get your information.
- 1:15That's great.
- 1:16Alright.
- 1:16Slide on over.
- 1:17I'm gonna put you over here to keep it consistent with the rest of ours.
- 1:21Yeah.
- 1:22Awesome.
- 1:23Alright.
- 1:23What's your name, sir?
- 1:24Eldon Fosse.
- 1:25Red Dirt Disciple podcast.
- 1:26Eldon Fosse, a fellow podcaster.
- 1:28Great to have you here, man.
- 1:29What an experience already, Yeah.
- 1:31It is.
- 1:31It is.
- 1:33Can I get your autograph?
- 1:34Alright, man.
- 1:36You set me up here, bro.
- 1:37Yeah.
- 1:38Well, we're happy to have you.
- 1:40We we don't know who's gonna hit out of these.
- 1:41Right?
- 1:42You don't know what who's gonna make it big before the other one.
- 1:45We're all kind of in the same boat.
- 1:46Correct?
- 1:47Yeah.
- 1:47And we're rolling and we're doing our thing and we're so grateful to have the opportunity to do
- 1:51it here at the Joseph's.
- 1:52Just amazing.
- 1:53Yeah.
- 1:53Absolutely.
- 1:54Absolutely.
- 1:54I I've been doing this for about
- 1:56a year now, man, and I've made so many great connections,
- 1:58so many relationships.
- 2:00I mean, I've Right.
- 2:00I've got
- 2:01to work with so many wonderful independent musicians.
- 2:04Right.
- 2:04We've probably done about 500 interviews in eighteen months.
- 2:07Right?
- 2:07It's crazy.
- 2:08It's wild how I as a musician,
- 2:11it was hard for me
- 2:11to find people that I wanted to talk to and that's why I started a podcast.
- 2:14Yeah.
- 2:14And it's funny how you get on the other side of that microphone all of a sudden and everybody
- 2:17wants to talk to you.
- 2:18Right?
- 2:18Exactly.
- 2:19Exactly.
- 2:19I feel like we've been so blessed to to land where we're at now and to have this
- 2:23opportunity.
- 2:24So, Eldon, I know you gotta get back to work, man.
- 2:26It was
- 2:26nice to meet you.
- 2:27Appreciate you.
- 2:28You.
- 2:28We can chat about this after the
- 2:30Like you, though.
- 2:30I've got a lot in my network.
- 2:32I've been working with that are here for up for one.
- 2:33Yeah.
- 2:3410 that I can think of.
- 2:35Right.
- 2:35On my head.
- 2:35So it's crazy, man.
- 2:37It's A pleasure.
- 2:38So Yeah.
- 2:38Have a great night.
- 2:39We'll see you around.
- 2:41Helden Fosse.
- 2:43You wanna come on?
- 2:44Come on.
- 2:45Come on and interview with me.
- 2:46Come on.
- 2:46I got
- 2:47that.
- 2:47Come on.
- 2:48What do you wanna know?
- 2:51Yeah.
- 2:51Awesome.
- 2:52What's your name?
- 2:52I'm Ashlyn.
- 2:53Ashlyn, so nice to meet you.
- 2:55And you're here with Nashville Visitors?
- 2:57Yeah.
- 2:57Yeah.
- 2:57Fantastic.
- 2:58Well, do you guys do for our listeners at home?
- 3:01So it's kind of like a hybrid of, like, travel and Okay.
- 3:08What would you say?
- 3:09Okay.
- 3:09We're a coffee.
- 3:10Just coming in.
- 3:10Alright.
- 3:10What's your name?
- 3:11Okay.
- 3:11Hi.
- 3:12I'm Lola.
- 3:13I'm mom.
- 3:13And Nashville Visitors is a social media marketing company that connects visitors with
- 3:18local What do you think about?
- 3:20I love it.
- 3:21That's so great.
- 3:22Yeah.
- 3:23Oh, you ladies are doing a fantastic job next to us here on the red carpet.
- 3:27We're having a ton of fun.
- 3:27I know you're doing the glam shots.
- 3:29Those are so fun.
- 3:30Getting people in in this we're part of the show.
- 3:32Right?
- 3:33You're not just a standby, you know, a bystander.
- 3:36You are part of the show.
- 3:37So you guys are doing a wonderful job with that.
- 3:38Mom is such a busy lady.
- 3:40She's here and gone again.
- 3:41Ashlyn, thank you so much for being can I get your autograph, please?
- 3:44This is it.
- 3:44Broadway Here.
- 3:45Okay.
- 3:48You should be able to slide us forward just a little bit.
- 3:50No problem.
- 3:58Google, we're gonna slide just a hair.
- 4:01Pick up the backpack.
- 4:02Drag it on the ground.
- 4:05Right.
- 4:06There you go.
- 4:06It should work.
- 4:07Let's pop this open, make sure we're still good.
- 4:10Let me stand in
- 4:10here.
- 4:11If
- 4:12you need to angle
- 4:12it up a little bit yet, that's okay.
- 4:15Might angle it just a little bit.
- 4:17I'll get it around how to.
- 4:18Just you gotta loosen it a little bit?
- 4:20I'm gonna loosen this piece.
- 4:21Right?
- 4:21Nope.
- 4:22Nope.
- 4:22This one.
- 4:23This.
- 4:23You twist this.
- 4:26Twist this piece.
- 4:27Nope.
- 4:27You twist this.
- 4:32It's alright.
- 4:33And we tighten it back up.
- 4:34Alright.
- 4:34How's that look?
- 4:35Perfect.
- 4:36Fantastic.
- 4:36That's exactly where I want
- 4:38it be anyway.
- 4:56Yeah.
- 4:57That was a nice little preamble because it's gonna get a lot busier here soon.
- 5:01So we still good?
- 5:02If it looks good and you can see every you're gonna see people next to me?
- 5:06Yeah.
- 5:06And it looks like now, like, even the way we've switched the angle a bit, the light coming in
- 5:09from the outside is no longer affecting our camera.
- 5:11Awesome.
- 5:12Well, we're gonna close that.
- 5:13That's gonna extend the battery life.
- 5:14But only thing that was bothering me was the first step that.
- 5:39Yeah.
- 5:40Come on in.
- 5:44Come on in.
- 5:45Who are you?
- 5:45Kenny Graves.
- 5:46Kenny Graves.
- 5:47Nice to
- 5:47meet you.
- 5:47Bubba starts with
- 5:48the scene projects.
- 5:49So your media here, what do you got going on?
- 5:52Well, same as you guys.
- 5:53Got some red carpet.
- 5:54We're gonna talk to a lot of these folks that are presenters or performers or nominated for
- 5:59an award tonight.
- 6:00It's my third year at the Josie's.
- 6:02It is always a big deal, and it grows bigger every single year and I'm always thrilled to be
- 6:07a
- 6:07part of Yeah.
- 6:07We're couple of South Dakota kids, man.
- 6:09This is huge.
- 6:09Yeah.
- 6:09This is huge for us.
- 6:11So who do you work with?
- 6:13Really now by myself.
- 6:14I was with the radio station for a long time.
- 6:16Okay.
- 6:16We're coming out downsized early this year.
- 6:18Okay.
- 6:19So I moved to television news and also have a podcast.
- 6:23Awesome.
- 6:23I interview gazillion people.
- 6:25Yeah.
- 6:25I love it.
- 6:26And so
- 6:26That's what we do.
- 6:27That's what yeah.
- 6:28We love it.
- 6:28We we interview independent musicians or artists or comedians or really I find anyone
- 6:33that's mildly intriguing.
- 6:34I'll talk to them.
- 6:35So fantastic.
- 6:36They all have a good story.
- 6:37Right?
- 6:37Yep.
- 6:37That's right.
- 6:38Can I get your autograph here?
- 6:40Oh, you bet.
- 6:41I love it.
- 6:42If you could, yes, sign the autograph and then print your name under there, I'd appreciate it
- 6:45so we can catch up with everybody after the fact.
- 6:47We do most of our interviews over Zoom or StreamYard.
- 6:50So this is a little out of the wheelhouse for us, but we think we're holding our own.
- 6:56Look forward to chit chatting with everybody in a little bit longer form after the show so we
- 7:00catch up and stay in
- 7:01touch, man.
- 7:01I'm enjoying
- 7:02that.
- 7:02Get back to work.
- 7:04Hey.
- 7:05If you hadn't been here, it's gonna get really nuts in the company.
- 7:07Yeah.
- 7:07That's what we're waiting for, man.
- 7:09We're ready.
- 7:09We're ready.
- 7:10I'm loosened up.
- 7:15There you go.
- 7:16Only only one of these in the whole world, and I'm wearing it.
- 7:20Fantastic.
- 7:20There's our information for you, man.
- 7:22For the Midwest Regional Music Organization, and we're on the wood scene project.
- 7:25Yeah.
- 7:26So kinda got our community and the podcast as well.
- 7:28So we look forward to catching up with you, Kenny.
- 7:30I'm still working.
- 7:31Not as many interviews, but between I started during the pandemic, but I'm up to about 500
- 7:35celebrities.
- 7:36Awesome.
- 7:37Independent artists.
- 7:38Very cool.
- 7:38Hall of famers, sports.
- 7:40Yeah.
- 7:41WWE stars.
- 7:42Very cool.
- 7:43We have a wrestling show on our network as well.
- 7:45I have
- 7:46to run a wrestling show for all the independents.
- 7:48I actually just sent out a few wrestlers to a group of the sun.
- 7:52Very nice.
- 7:53Well, the people local to us, Houston Carson, the Texas line, he had a retired young guy who
- 7:59wrote the promotion, and he works with Booker T out of Houston.
- 8:02So they Very cool.
- 8:04Have been Texans.
- 8:05Xavier Awesome.
- 8:08You got you got a good
- 8:09Dustin Rhodes on.
- 8:11He's opened his account.
- 8:12How you doing?
- 8:13You wanna do an interview with us?
- 8:32Like, talking off.
- 8:33Don't worry about it.
- 8:34Do wanna sneak in here with us real quick while you're out of the chair?
- 8:37Sure.
- 8:37Awesome.
- 8:38Mine are short and sweet, hon.
- 8:39I promise you.
- 8:40I just had my hip flex.
- 8:41My goodness.
- 8:42Well, I appreciate you taking a few minutes.
- 8:43What's your name, beautiful?
- 8:44My name is Tommy Ritter.
- 8:46Tommy Ritter.
- 8:46I am Bubba Starts.
- 8:47It's so nice to meet you.
- 8:48We're with the Scene Projects.
- 8:49We're independent podcast for independent musicians.
- 8:52So are you nominated tonight?
- 8:54No.
- 8:55I wish.
- 8:55But I'm going to receive the new Texarkana.
- 8:59And
- 9:00I feel like that's part of the family here.
- 9:02Yes.
- 9:02Yeah.
- 9:03Okay.
- 9:03Tell us a little bit about it.
- 9:04Well, I was asked to present an award to someone who was keeping the traditional country
- 9:14music
- 9:15line.
- 9:15Fantastic.
- 9:16And I
- 9:16have the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and the TexRitter Museum Okay.
- 9:20In Carthage, Texas.
- 9:22Oh my goodness.
- 9:22Which Carthage is the birthplace of TexRitter and Jim Reed's.
- 9:26Okay.
- 9:26And we're also the country music capital of Texas.
- 9:30So we do we try real hard to keep the the memory of them alive and
- 9:37That is just We love it.
- 9:40Could I get your autograph?
- 9:42Oh, hold on.
- 9:43Let me slide that out for you.
- 9:45I've been fidgeting with it.
- 9:47Well, we are looking forward to seeing you in there, and thank you so much for what you're
- 9:52doing to keep the spirit of country music alive.
- 9:56Awesome.
- 9:56I'll let you get back to your chair and rest that hip, honey.
- 9:59Please yell.
- 10:03And these yep.
- 10:07These are our cards.
- 10:08Yeah.
- 10:08Thank you so much.
- 10:12Thank you, guys.
- 10:13Have a great show.
- 10:34Awesome.
- 10:34I think tomorrow, end of the day, I might walk down the street again, see if I can run to some
- 10:38music artists actually.
- 10:39There you go.
- 10:40Well, we got time.
- 10:41Street interviews like this.
- 10:42We got time, man.
- 10:44It's okay.
- 10:45You're like me, baby.
- 10:46Yes, sir.
- 10:47Well, a little low in the action.
- 10:48I think this is the calm before the storm.
- 10:50We've gotten a good little warm up here and kinda got our pitch down in what we're doing.
- 10:55Yeah.
- 10:55But moving on, we we're gonna get real busy.
- 10:58You can
- 10:58see the lines starting to stack up and everywhere, and we are we are moving and
- 11:02grooving here.
- 11:02So stick around.
- 12:30That's awesome.
- 12:30Boo we got a little break in the action.
- 12:31Why you come on camera with me real quick and get this?
- 12:33Awesome, Boo Boo.
- 12:35Well, we've had a
- 12:35few minutes here. Here.
- 12:36Here.
- 12:36We've had a
- 12:36few artists rolling through.
- 12:37What do you think of
- 12:37the experience so far?
- 12:38This is such an awesome experience.
- 12:40This is insane.
- 12:41And I mean, the fact is we just met another wrestling interviewer who might be able to help
- 12:45me get connections
- 12:46with the
- 12:46big names Yeah.
- 12:48Which is our goal to get into that scene.
- 12:50And that's why we come here and do this.
- 12:51Right?
- 12:52It is to meet people, to connect with other people that are out here doing the same things
- 12:55as you or in the spheres that you want to work in.
- 12:57So the next step is, boo boo, getting you to a couple conventions with some wrestlers and
- 13:02getting out there on I'm actually planning on going to Wrestle Con, New Jersey next year.
- 13:06I wanna see if we can go there with Saint John Payne.
- 13:08Was Fantastic.
- 13:09Alright.
- 13:09Well, we're getting ready to get back to work here.
- 13:12There goes boo boo.
- 13:13He's doing a great job.
- 13:16I'm so proud of this young man.
- 13:17He went out on Broadway last night all by himself and, was rocking interviews with people
- 13:22on the street.
- 13:23He was doing a wonderful job.
- 13:25So we're really proud of our super producer, Boo Boo, and everything that he's been bringing
- 13:29to the scene project.
- 13:47Okay.
- 13:48Yeah.
- 13:49Let's go.
- 13:56Yep.
- 13:58Grab the backpack.
- 14:00Yep.
- 14:02There you go.
- 14:04We got everything.
- 14:05We're moving.
- 15:26Fantastic.
- 15:27Fantastic.
- 15:29Well, we would love that.
- 15:31Boo Boo, let's just make sure the camera's set.
- 15:33We got our ears right and make sure the camera's good.
- 15:36Oh, dude.
- 15:37This angle is so much better out here except I might actually lower the camera just a bit now
- 15:42because now I love
- 15:44this, man.
- 15:44Awesome.
- 15:45Thank you.
- 15:45This is
- 15:46one of our one
- 15:47of our sponsors
- 15:48My
- 15:48name Paul.
- 15:48Paul, nice to meet you.
- 15:50Bubba, starts.
- 15:51Nice to
- 15:51meet you.
- 15:51Paul,
- 15:52so you're a nominee?
- 15:53Oh, Jessica.
- 15:54Fantastic.
- 15:55Well, welcome.
- 15:55I'll have
- 15:55you both stand right on my right hand side here if you can.
- 15:58Yeah.
- 15:59I'll have you stand here.
- 16:00You guys will see this.
- 16:01Amazing.
- 16:01It's okay.
- 16:02Everybody knows who we are.
- 16:03Yeah.
- 16:04That's good, but we don't know who you are.
- 16:05Well, go ahead and tell us who you guys are and tell us about your nominations.
- 16:08Roland?
- 16:08Yeah.
- 16:09The name of the band
- 16:09is Slanche Baby.
- 16:10I'm from Ireland.
- 16:11Slanche means cheer.
- 16:13Yeah.
- 16:13I always
- 16:13say to her, Slanche Baby.
- 16:15It's my wife, Jessica.
- 16:16I wrote the song Jessica sang, and we're up for song of the
- 16:19year multi genre.
- 16:20Awesome.
- 16:21That's incredible.
- 16:21Is this your first time at the Josie's?
- 16:23Last year, I another artist recorded in my singing
- 16:25guitar.
- 16:26Okay.
- 16:26Okay.
- 16:27So what do you think of this year compared to last year so far?
- 16:30I love it because my wife sang the song.
- 16:32Awesome.
- 16:32Yeah.
- 16:33What a great experience to share.
- 16:34Can I get
- 16:35you guys' autograph while you're standing
- 16:36here at Yes?
- 16:37This is for you.
- 16:38This is our album.
- 16:39Oh my goodness.
- 16:40Thank you.
- 16:41It's our chimney piece.
- 16:42They're each on a little USB card to fold
- 16:46it Very cool.
- 16:47Look at these guys.
- 16:48What a great idea.
- 16:49You other artists out there, notes.
- 16:51This is incredible.
- 16:52I love it.
- 16:52It's cool.
- 16:53You flip that open.
- 16:55These are great.
- 16:56Yeah.
- 16:56We love it.
- 16:57Yeah.
- 16:57We use a lot of QR codes in our business too.
- 16:59Right?
- 17:00You can see them on here because
- 17:01who takes business cards anymore.
- 17:02Right?
- 17:03You know?
- 17:04And types it all in.
- 17:05Yeah.
- 17:05We need yours too, Jessica.
- 17:06Well, congratulations to you guys on your nomination, and we hope you come home with an
- 17:10award today.
- 17:10Awesome.
- 17:11Great to meet you guys.
- 17:12Thank you so much.
- 17:13I'm pretty
- 17:13hard.
- 17:14We fantastic.
- 17:15Because I'm gonna hold you afterwards and we can have a long conversation on my podcast.
- 17:18Oh, I hope you're
- 17:19welcome.
- 17:19Yeah.
- 17:20Thank you.
- 17:20Well, tonight, you guys look wonderful.
- 17:22Thank you so much.
- 17:23Enjoy.
- 17:24Come on in.
- 17:25How are
- 17:26you doing?
- 17:26How you doing?
- 17:26We're doing great, man.
- 17:27Come on in.
- 17:28I'm gonna have you stand right here with me.
- 17:29Gonna turn this
- 17:30in my whole little clip.
- 17:32Awesome.
- 17:33Are we doing a picture?
- 17:34We can do it together.
- 17:35Are you guys together?
- 17:36Oh.
- 17:37He's actually I'm just here.
- 17:39Oh, okay.
- 17:40Awesome.
- 17:41What's your name?
- 17:42My stage name is Des Moines.
- 17:44Des Moines.
- 17:44That's fantastic.
- 17:45Well, the pleasure to meet you.
- 17:46What are you nominated for tonight?
- 17:48Artist of the year.
- 17:49Artist of the year.
- 17:50Incredible.
- 17:50What an honor.
- 17:51Definitely.
- 17:52I'm really excited about it.
- 17:53Yeah.
- 17:54I'm happy for you.
- 17:55So what kind of music do you play?
- 17:56Well, I wanna say very
- 17:58jolly role ish.
- 17:59Okay.
- 18:00With a heavy country
- 18:03Okay.
- 18:03Country background.
- 18:04You know that song Highwayman just got when
- 18:06he's driving.
- 18:07It's number one Well, congratulations to you.
- 18:11Can I get your autograph?
- 18:12Oh, definitely.
- 18:12Appreciate this.
- 18:15Slides.
- 18:16Sorry.
- 18:16Oh, there you I keep fidgeting with it and turning it off.
- 18:23Fantastic, man.
- 18:24Well, good
- 18:24luck tonight.
- 18:25Yeah.
- 18:25Thank you.
- 18:26Good luck tonight.
- 18:28On in.
- 18:28Who's next?
- 18:29Let's go.
- 18:30How are you?
- 18:31What's your name?
- 18:31Justin.
- 18:32Justin, nice to meet you.
- 18:33Bubba starts with
- 18:34the scene projects.
- 18:35Are you nominated
- 18:35tonight?
- 18:36Correct.
- 18:36Yes.
- 18:36Music video.